Wall-book



(No Model.)

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a110. 517,123. Patented Mar. 27, 1894.

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`JOHN B. NASH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

WALL-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersatent No. 517,123, dated March 27,1894.

Application filed January 14,1893. Serial No. 458,358. (No model.)

To all whom it, may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. NASH, of Rochester, in the county of Monroeand State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBooks, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention is essentially a book having a few thick detachable leaves,to be hung upon the wall. Upon the faces of these leaves may be writtenor printed memoranda or other similar matter. Or when used for otherspecial purposes matter relating to the particular purpose may bewritten or printed thereon as, for instance, lists of offices; lists ofemploys; lists of fire alarm boxes, with advertisements, dac. The leavesof this book may also be paged and indexed should its use in anyparticular business require it.

The invention is hereinafter fully described and more particularlypointed out.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of myimprovedwall book parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation seen asindicated by arrow 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top view seen as indicatedby arrow 3 in Fig. l. Fig. 4, drawn to a larger scale, better shows theform of the holders for the rods.

Referring to the parts shown, A is the backboard or frame designed to behung or secured against a Wall of the room, holding thick leaves, B,which are usually made of stiif pasteboard. The back-board is formedwith a rest c, projecting at one side and near its lower end to receiveand rigidly hold the lower ends of rods b. These rods are parallel.

and inclined backward at their upper; ends, as shown in Fig. 2, the resta being preferably also inclined to form a right angle with the rods.These rods are placed in the rest so as to stand normally about in theposition shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, that is to say in positionsless inclined, but when in use are sprung slightly backward and caughtin hooks or holders c, clearly shown in Fig. 4. After being caught underthe hooks the elasticity of the rods tends to keep them in place; Thesehooks are similar and in one piece with a bar d, secured rigidly to theback-board in a horizontal position. The leaves are each provided withmetal loops e, at their rear edges adapted to slip over the respectiverods. That is to say when a rod is released from its hook and assumesits normal position as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 the leaf held byit may 55 be readily slipped in an upper direction 0E thev rod and a newleaf slipped in a downward direction upon the rod. The lower ends of theleaves are in contact with the part a, which forms a stop for theirdownward motion upon 6o the rods.

To prevent the rods becoming accidentally disengaged from the hooks Iemploy a lock or keeper f lying horizontally upon the hooks, and partlycovering them back of the upper ends of the rods, as shown in Fig. 4.This keeper is preferably a round rod held at one end upon a pivot hrigid in the back-board, so as to turn in a vertical plane away from thehooks as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 7o 1. When in place upon thehooks the keeper covers so much of the openings within the hooks thatthe rods are confined and cannot escape from the hooks by accident. Torelease any or all the rods from the hooks it is only necessary to swingthe keeperupward away from the hooks when the rods may be readilycarried out therefrom. Thus any leaf of the book may be quickly removedand replaced by another one without disturbing or 8o interfering withany of the rest. And the rods being rigid in the rest a are not takenout when the leaves are removed for the purpose of being replaced by newones.

The keeper is held to its place upon the hooks by gravity, and it may bemade to turn with slight friction upon the pin h so as to remain in anyposition in which placed by the hand. Devices similar to this have beenheretofore known; but my improvement consists 9o in the matter ofholding and detaching the upper ends of the rods for holding the leaves.

The leaves are adapted to turn over from "left to right or right to leftas in the case of other books.

What I claim in my invention is- 1. In a wall book, in combination, aframe, the upper end of which is provided with a series of hooks, aseries of rods rigidly secured in the frame with their upper free endsnormally rco in front of the hooks, and adapted to be bent back and beengaged thereby and a leaf upon each rod provided with loops whereby,when the upper end of the rod is released frornthe hook it will moveforward of the hook and the leaf may be removed from the rod,substantially as set forth.

2. In a wall book, in combination, a backboard, the upper end of whichis provided with a series of hooks and the lower end is provided with arest, a series of rods rigidly secured in the rest with their upper endsnormally out of engagement with the hooks, but adapted to be bent backand be engaged thereby, a leaf upon each rod provided with loops,whereby when the upper ends of the rods are released from the hooks theywill move forward of the hooks, and the leaves may be removed, and meansfor locking the ends ofthe rods within the hooks, substantially as setforth.

3. In a wall book, in combination, a frame,

a bar at the upper end of the frame provided with hooks, a series ofrods in the frame with their upper ends adapted to be engaged by thehooks, a leaf detaohably secured upon eaeh rod, and a locking barpivotally secured to the frame at one side of the rods and. adapted tobe moved between the frame and the ends of the rods above the hooks whenthe rods are in engagement with the hooks, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this '7th day ofJanuary, 1893, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN B. NASH.

Witnesses:

ENOS B. WHrrMonu, i M. L. WINSTON.

